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Fitness to Fly

Professional pilots face unique demands in their work and personal life that affect their medical certification and personal wellbeing. This guide has been created by The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), in cooperation with IFALPA, The International Air Transport Association (IATA), and other experts, to inform pilots on known health risk factors and how to reduce them.

Fitness to Fly – A Medical Guide for Pilots is a preventative-medicine handbook that is easy-to-read, motivating and educational, with engaging content, graphics and charts to empower you to limit your health risks and st your own goals and strategies to maintain fitness to fly and a balanced lifestyle.

This is a preview of the ICAO Fitness to Fly guide which is available for purchase from ICAO.

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